[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 62 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 H. R. 62

To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to 
   extend the deadline for the submission of the final report of the 
 Commission on the Implementation of the New Strategic Posture of the 
United States, to provide for the appointment of additional members for 
the Commission, to ensure the availability of funds for the Commission, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2007

   Mr. Bartlett of Maryland introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Armed Services

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 to 
   extend the deadline for the submission of the final report of the 
 Commission on the Implementation of the New Strategic Posture of the 
United States, to provide for the appointment of additional members for 
the Commission, to ensure the availability of funds for the Commission, 
                        and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. COMMISSION ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE NEW STRATEGIC 
              POSTURE OF THE UNITED STATES.

    (a) Establishment and Members.--Subsection (a) of section 1051 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 
109-163; 119 Stat. 3431) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking the second, third, and 
        fourth sentences;
            (2) in paragraph (3), by adding at the end the following 
        new sentence: ``The chairman shall be in charge of all 
        financial and administrative matters relating to the 
        Commission.''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
            ``(6) Pay and travel allowances.--Members of the Commission 
        shall serve without pay by reason of their work on the 
        Commission. The members shall be allowed travel expenses, 
        including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized 
        for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of 
        title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or 
        regular places of business in the performance of services for 
        the Commission.
            ``(7) Postal and printing services.--The Commission may use 
        the United States mails and obtain printing and binding 
        services in the same manner and under the same conditions as 
        other departments and agencies of the Federal Government.''.
    (b) Submission of Final Report.--Subsection (c) of section 1051 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 
109-163; 119 Stat. 3431), as amended by section 1072 of the John Warner 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 
109-364; 120 Stat. 2403), is amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) Submission of Report to Congress.--Not later than 18 months 
after the first meeting of the Commission, the Commission shall submit 
to the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate and the Committee on 
Armed Services of the House of Representatives a report on the 
Commission's findings and conclusions.''.
    (c) Staff.--Section 1051 of the National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163; 119 Stat. 3431) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subparagraph (C) and 
        transferring such subparagraph, as so redesignated, to the end 
        of paragraph (3) of subsection (b);
            (2) by inserting after such subparagraph, as so 
        redesignated and transferred, the following new subparagraph:
                    ``(D) Miscellaneous administrative and support 
                services.--The Secretary of Defense shall furnish the 
                Commission, on a reimbursable basis, any administrative 
                and support services requested by the Commission.''; 
                and
            (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new 
        subsection (d):
    ``(d) Staff.--The chairman of the Commission may, without regard to 
the provisions of title 5, United States Code, governing appointments 
in the competitive service, appoint a staff director and such 
additional personnel as may be necessary to enable the Commission to 
perform its duties. The appointment of a staff director shall be 
subject to the approval of the Commission. The chairman may also 
procure temporary and intermittent services under section 3109(b) of 
such title at rates for individuals which do not exceed the daily 
equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay payable for level V of the 
Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title.''.
    (d) Guaranteed Funding for Commission.--Subsection (e) of section 
1051 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 
(Public Law 109-163; 119 Stat. 3431) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new sentence: ``For fiscal year 2008, the funds provided 
by the Secretary of Defense for activities of the Commission shall be 
equal to $4,500,000 or such lesser amount as the Commission may specify 
as necessary for its activities.''.
    (e) Termination of Commission.--Subsection (f) of section 1051 of 
the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 
109-163; 119 Stat. 3431), as amended by section 1072 of the John Warner 
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 (Public Law 
109-364; 120 Stat. 2403), is amended by striking ``on November 30, 
2007'' and inserting ``30 days after the date on which the Commission 
submits its report under subsection (c)''.
    (f) Implementation.--Subsection (g) of section 1051 of the National 
Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163; 119 
Stat. 3431) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(g) First Meeting.--The chairman of the Commission shall 
designate the dates for the first and subsequent meetings of the 
Commission and may conduct Commission business in the absence of a 
quorum.''.
    (g) Additional Members.--During the 30-day period beginning on the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the chairman of the Committee on 
Armed Services of the Senate and the chairman of the Committee on Armed 
Services of the House of Representatives may jointly appoint up to 
three additional members to serve on the Commission on the 
Implementation of the New Strategic Posture of the United States 
established pursuant to section 1051 of the National Defense 
Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-163; 119 Stat. 
3431). The appointment of the additional members of the Commission 
shall be made in consultation with the ranking minority members of such 
committees.
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